Surname Brezovac in modern Croatia

Brezovac families are Croats and they are mostly from Valpova. According to some sources they are from Medjimurje. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Valpovo. In Brezovljani in Bosnian Krajina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Brezovac.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Brezovac live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Valpovo (30), Zagreb (10), Osijek (<10), Belisce (<10), and in Darda in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Brezovac is present in 6 countries.

Characteristic first names

Ana Brezovac, Alan Brezovac, Danijel Brezovac, Snježana Brezovac, Marin Brezovac, Boris Brezovac, Vlatko Brezovac, Milenko Brezovac, Kristina Brezovac, Vladimir Brezovac, Marija Brezovac, Berislav Brezovac, Ksenija Brezovac, Nataša Brezovac, Sandra Brezovac, Mihaela Brezovac, Stjepan Brezovac, Aleksej Brezovac, Branimir Brezovac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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